The Antique Aircraft Association and Airpower Museum are proud to
announce that it will join with other aviation events in Iowa
celebrating 100 years of aviation in Iowa, "Iowa's Centenary of
Flight." For a taste of what Iowa aviation can be, here's a short
video preview of the Blakesburg fly-in:

Officially then, the theme for the 2010 AAA/APM
Invitational Fly-in (Sep. 1-6, 2010) is "Iowa's Centenary
of Flight." As was done in 2009 a specific marque of aircraft
has been chosen to compliment the theme. This
year it will be Fairchild aircraft.

Started as an aerial photography business in
1920, Fairchild and Kreider-Reisner (absorbed by
Fairchild in 1929) produced a long and varied line of aircraft
from 1926 until 1987. It is fitting then to spotlight this
fine marque of aircraft and the many models of
antique/classic/warbird and neo-classic aircraft produced
over it's sixty year history.

We are currently at work identifying and inviting
those pioneer era replicas that will lend an air of authenticity
to "Iowa's Centenary of Flight." These include a
replica 1911 Cessna (Clyde Cessna was an Iowa native),
a replica of Eugene Ely's Curtiss Pusher and Eric
Presten's Bleriot.

We are also doing the same in regards to
Fairchilds. Wouldn't it be great to see a line up with an
FC2, 71, KR-31, KR-21, 22's, 24's, and PT's? We think
so and look forward to that distinct possibility.

It also seems, as usually happens, word of the
2010 theme and featured aircraft have already meet with
enthusiasm even before this, the official announcement.
The following airplanes and owners have already confirmed
their participation. Pictured above Greg Herrick
has promised to have his Fairchild FC-2 in attendance
once again plus:

The Vintage Aero Flying Museum in Colorado will bring three replica
Fokkers to the fly-in. These aircraft are
replicas of a 1917 Fokker DR.1 (triplane), 1918 D VII (biplane) and
1918 D VIII (monoplane). Pilots are reported to be Mark Holliday,
Andrew King & Bob Coolbaugh.

Featured Aircraft Committed to attend (in addition to the above):

Fairchild 24G, NC23E
Skagit Aero Education Museum
Concrete, WA

Fairchild 24J, NC19177
Mark Lancaster
Ottumwa, IA

Fairchild 24R-46, N81362
Steve Quick
Wichita, KS

Fairchild XNQ-1, N5726
Don Pellegreno
Rhome, TX

Fairchild 22 C7D, NC14768
Steve Roth
Madison, VA

Fairchild 24W-46, N77642
Dan Kirkpatrick
Lawson, MO

Fairchild 24 C8A, N957V
Rudy Frasca
Urbana, IL

Fairchild 24W-41A, NC28690
Gerry Flaugher
Poplar Grove, IL

Fairchild PT-23, N64172
Frasca International
Urbana, IL

(no photo)

Fairchild PT-19, N53956
Roger Pointer
Maxwell, IA

(no photo)

Fairchild PT-26, N9474H
Pat Stewart
Collinsville, OK

National Air Tour Reunion

In addition to the Iowa Centenary of Flight theme, the 2010 National
Fly-In will also be the site of the National Air Tour Reunion. In 2003 Greg Herrick
organized and lead a group of 30 antique aircraft representing the
"Golden Age" of aviation on a recreation of the Ford Air Tours of the
1920's and early 1930's. The sixteen state, thirty plus city tour, a
highlight of the "100th Anniversary of Flight" celebrations leading up
to Dec 17th anniversary/celebration at Kitty Hawk, NC, was perhaps the
most visible and successful of all those celebrations that
year. Almost all the participating pilots and crew are active AAA
members and most of the participating aircraft have attended fly-ins
here at Antique Airfield in the past.

So it is with great pleasure that we announce that Antique Airfield
will be the site of the 2010 NAT Reunion during the fly-in.
We look forward to seeing many of the pilots, crew and aircraft that
participated in the 2003 tour, as well as the 2005 NAT Reunion that
was also held here at Antique Airfield, in attendance.
As with the 2005 reunion, we will be planning a NAT Reunion Banquet on
Friday night, September 3rd, probably at the Hotel Ottumwa.